Comments on: Inheritance of fear and its ramifications on canine behavior http://companionanimalsolutions.com/blogs/hello-world/ Information on Dog, Cat, and Bird Behavior from Companion Animal Solutions Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:58:28 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Judy http://companionanimalsolutions.com/blogs/hello-world/comment-page-1/#comment-107 Judy Sat, 27 Sep 2008 19:30:20 +0000 #comment-107 It is unfortunate but true that there are people out there who are more invested in how things look than anything else. These people themselves are fearful, though they would never admit it, and use appearances (designer clothes, cars, fancy homes, even champion dogs) as an armor against the world. They have no interest in losing that perceived armor by self analysis. (Hence the poster leaving the forum altogether rather than evaluating whether all the other people on it might have a point.) How to fix the problem or influence these people? Maybe a push to have dogs judged on temperament as much as physical points? Education might do the trick. Just as Puppy Mills have been exposed and have a bad reputation, even in the non-dog world, once understanding of this matter reaches a "tipping point", then people who breed fearful dogs will look bad to their peers, and the world at large. They certainly wouldn't want that! It is unfortunate but true that there are people out there who are more invested in how things look than anything else. These people themselves are fearful, though they would never admit it, and use appearances (designer clothes, cars, fancy homes, even champion dogs) as an armor against the world. They have no interest in losing that perceived armor by self analysis. (Hence the poster leaving the forum altogether rather than evaluating whether all the other people on it might have a point.)

How to fix the problem or influence these people? Maybe a push to have dogs judged on temperament as much as physical points?

Education might do the trick. Just as Puppy Mills have been exposed and have a bad reputation, even in the non-dog world, once understanding of this matter reaches a “tipping point”, then people who breed fearful dogs will look bad to their peers, and the world at large. They certainly wouldn’t want that!

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